Class D amplifiers have very little phase shift


Too many diagrams to post here, so I just blogged it:

https://inatinear.blogspot.com/2020/02/class-d-amplifiers-do-not-have-horrible.html

The 20 degrees at 2 kHz argument is bunk.
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Above all, everyone, I want to point out that I’ve made 1 claim.

The impedance chart is being misused.


There are several great ways to argue that Class D has a lot of phase shift. Show your work. Show the chart. Post specifics. Find a review, or data sheet.

Instead we get personal attacks, conflagration of a number of possible Class D issues, but the people (person) who relies on that chart to begin with is completely unable to actually refute my claim.

I welcome any and all sources of credible data (public review, manufacturer data sheet, etc.) which expand our knowledge here.
TI has a nice Class D calculator tool.
http://www.ti.com/tool/LCFILTER-CALC-TOOL

I have 3 tube amps, 1 bipolar and 1 Class D.
Each has its strengths and weaknesses.

In over ½ c. no amp has ever had it all.
Ya do have to wonder about the obsession about phase and then throw it all away with 2nd order or worse or wire the midrange out of phase speakers... 



it’s a system people...
Oh, so to be clear, the phase angle of the impedance refers to the relationship of the voltage to current.

The phase angle of the output refers to timing.

The only thing they share is that impedance and output are complex numbers. That is, they have a magnitude and phase. None of those four numbers are equivalent.